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the u.s. dollar. in asia, china up eighth straight session. nikkei highest level since september of 2008. disney set to open at record highs. strength in media networks. word that it's planning films based on "star wars" characters. >>> zynga, revenues continue to fall and the social gaming company said 2013 would be profitable. >>> company seeing momentum in america's improvement in europe and big margin gains for 2013 for ralph lauren. >>> the post office could be eliminating or cutting back deliveries on saturday. we'll explain. they carry the official announcement at 10:00 a.m. this morning. >>> we start with disney. shares rising pre-market, set to open at all-time highs at fiscal fourth quarter profits beat the markets. growing attendance at the theme parks. real news came during bob iger's interview with our own julia boorstin. >> in fact, we are working on a few stand-alone films. larry kazden and simon ginberg are working on films derived on "star wars" characters that are not part of
the u.s. dollar. in asia, china up eighth straight session. nikkei highest level since september of 2008. disney set to open at record highs. strength in media networks. word that it's planning films based on "star wars" characters. >>> zynga, revenues continue to fall and the social gaming company said 2013 would be profitable. >>> company seeing momentum in america's improvement in europe and big margin gains for 2013 for ralph lauren. >>> the post office...
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labor and you know, u.s. labor is very productive and i think it's something that's going to be a cornerstone of how we move forward with the economy. so i'm very encouraged by that, encouraged by some of the companies that are now taking action to do things on american soil. >> that's what's happening for sure, jim, on a broad scale and some big companies, too. jim as always great to see you. thanks so much. >> thank you, carl. >> jim sinegal, former ceo and cofinder of costco. senator marco rubio interrupted his official gop response as you know by taking a sip of water from that poland spring bottle. less than a week after tweeting his frustrations with apple and making a pitch for samsung. other than samsung and poland spring, what product would the senator be a perfect spokesperson for and why? tweet us @squawkstreet, your answers are next. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through
labor and you know, u.s. labor is very productive and i think it's something that's going to be a cornerstone of how we move forward with the economy. so i'm very encouraged by that, encouraged by some of the companies that are now taking action to do things on american soil. >> that's what's happening for sure, jim, on a broad scale and some big companies, too. jim as always great to see you. thanks so much. >> thank you, carl. >> jim sinegal, former ceo and cofinder of...
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but i think the u.s. economy is much bigger, and the u.s. economy is much more relevant. >> i'm not sure actually the european equities have outperformed. i'm not totally sure about that, todd. mark, just before we let you go, do we worry about europe or basically take it off the agenda? >> no, i'm not prepared to take it off the agenda at all. i think it's been remarkably quiet on that front. but the gain was clearly last july when mario draghi said whatever it takes. recently he's said positive contagion is occurring across the euro area. we're bullish on european equities, but not taking our eye off the ball. >> guys, thank you very much for your time. martin there, and todd. >> thank you. >> let's get to shares of yum brands. shares trading sharply lower this morning. fourth-quarter earnings did beat by a penny, but man, the same-store sales in china, fastest growing market, down 6%. fresh off the conference call. a neutral lowered price target from 69 to 63. david, welcome back. >> good morning. >> you had outlined prior to the quarter
but i think the u.s. economy is much bigger, and the u.s. economy is much more relevant. >> i'm not sure actually the european equities have outperformed. i'm not totally sure about that, todd. mark, just before we let you go, do we worry about europe or basically take it off the agenda? >> no, i'm not prepared to take it off the agenda at all. i think it's been remarkably quiet on that front. but the gain was clearly last july when mario draghi said whatever it takes. recently he's...
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the u.s. markets, we're looking at an update for the dow. the s&p looking to give back just a little bit, along with the nasdaq. as for the picture over in europe, some comments from germans chancellor angela merkel about the euro saying between 130 and 140 for the u.s. dollar is normal. those are the comments being focused on this morning. a mixed bag in terms of europe and take a look at the picture in asia. the nikkei, the one to focus on, closing at a 4 1/2-year high in yesterday's session. >> fresh five-years for the s&p and dow, fresh 12 years for the nasdaq, helped in part by a renewed appetite for deal making. >> cracks in the housing picture this morning, january starts to decline 8 1/2%. toll brother earnings sharply miss earnings. >> could demand for the iphone be cooling? fox con pressuring shares this morning. >>> the rally continuing with the dow and s&p having their best day in two weeks. nasdaq closing at 12-year highs. dow less than 130 points from closing at an all-time high.
the u.s. markets, we're looking at an update for the dow. the s&p looking to give back just a little bit, along with the nasdaq. as for the picture over in europe, some comments from germans chancellor angela merkel about the euro saying between 130 and 140 for the u.s. dollar is normal. those are the comments being focused on this morning. a mixed bag in terms of europe and take a look at the picture in asia. the nikkei, the one to focus on, closing at a 4 1/2-year high in yesterday's...
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let's see how this is all going to impact the u.s. session here. we have the head of u.s. equity and quantitative strategy with bank of america, merrill lynch. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, too. thank you for having me on. >> we've been able to put europe on the back burner, but right now it might bring back bad memory for investors that this is exactly what derailed us a year ago. >> it's eerily similar. you know, i think, though, that the big surprise for the u.s. equity market is that we might not see a pullback. i feel like everyone's expecting one. and we might not actually see one. for a bunch of reasons. i mean, last year, i think one thing that was a little bit different was that sentiment was not as negative as it was at this point, where we are today. if you look at wall street strategists, equity allocation is still sub 50%. you've still got a lot of strategists with price targets below where the market is today. i feel like a lot of investors have regarded this rally that we've seen so far as, you know, too far, too fast. yet it might not be. i think we
let's see how this is all going to impact the u.s. session here. we have the head of u.s. equity and quantitative strategy with bank of america, merrill lynch. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, too. thank you for having me on. >> we've been able to put europe on the back burner, but right now it might bring back bad memory for investors that this is exactly what derailed us a year ago. >> it's eerily similar. you know, i think, though, that the big surprise for the u.s....
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what they have to do is take the u.s. playbook, as they call it, and take it to the international markets can, which is not just one market. europe is big, uk within that is a big market. they have to take a lot of the technology from the u.s. internationally and as they do that, international should start to turn a profit. it lost money for the second quarter in a row in the fourth quarter. it was profitable earlier but i think that changed to where its profitability is in the second quarter. >> trying to draw merchants in and participate, i assume you're sensing some hesitancy by merchants to play. is that also in the process of turning it around? >> i think their strategy is to upgrade the merchant quality. so in doing that they are going to find some merchants that haven't tried groupon who might be willing to try it. i think groupon's strategy is, let's give more merchants a try and some merchants that are maybe more national and with product that had more clout, that's where they are going which, again, long term is
what they have to do is take the u.s. playbook, as they call it, and take it to the international markets can, which is not just one market. europe is big, uk within that is a big market. they have to take a lot of the technology from the u.s. internationally and as they do that, international should start to turn a profit. it lost money for the second quarter in a row in the fourth quarter. it was profitable earlier but i think that changed to where its profitability is in the second quarter....
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take a look at shares of lcc, that's u.s. airways, compare them with the airline index which hasn't been too shabby itself, no comparison at all. we should point out carl, a number of analysts have come out today and already said they like the airline sector despite the idea that the airline consolidation play has essentially played out. carl? >> it's going to be interesting to see what they trade on next, phil lebeau joining ounce the amr deal. >>> straight ahead bernie madoff wrote cnbc a letter from his jail cell. >>> and the c oh, of constellation brands is here first on cnbc, we'll talk about the revitzed agreement between anheuser and grupo modelo that has sent the stock soaring. first rick will talk about bonds. >> carl, we'll talk about muni, munis, munis. are munis in your future? that miraculous budget that seemed to balance in california, we'll talk about build america bonds with senior analyst municipal market advisers and who is it? matt fabian. you'll want to see this, about half past the hour. clients are alway
take a look at shares of lcc, that's u.s. airways, compare them with the airline index which hasn't been too shabby itself, no comparison at all. we should point out carl, a number of analysts have come out today and already said they like the airline sector despite the idea that the airline consolidation play has essentially played out. carl? >> it's going to be interesting to see what they trade on next, phil lebeau joining ounce the amr deal. >>> straight ahead bernie madoff...
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>> yeah, i think that the u.s. situation is actually easier to be more relaxed about than the overseas one. although the overseas one is where the value is. so let's deal with the u.s. first. i do think that the -- i mean, let's understand what we're talking about growth. simon, you and i have had this conversation. i think we're talking about small amounts of growth. but i do believe that in the last quarter of last year, the first quarter of this year, you're going to see the slowest period in u.s. growth and you won't see the u.s. go into recession. outside of the u.s., you've had some very, very stimulative measures in japan, and there is a -- because that market has been the real winner, particularly if you haven't known the yen, the nikkei has been on fire. i think there's a lot of expectation for growth coming through in japan. and that really needs to be fulfilled in order for japan to go much higher. and finally, you've got china. i think that's probably where the biggest change is occurring, because there
>> yeah, i think that the u.s. situation is actually easier to be more relaxed about than the overseas one. although the overseas one is where the value is. so let's deal with the u.s. first. i do think that the -- i mean, let's understand what we're talking about growth. simon, you and i have had this conversation. i think we're talking about small amounts of growth. but i do believe that in the last quarter of last year, the first quarter of this year, you're going to see the slowest...
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difference between the u.s. economy, which is okay, and the european economy which is contracting further. difference between a federal reserve that may step back from easing and other banks in europe that may have to go further in easing and difference between the eurozone as well itself. so the pmi data that carl refers to indicate that we're still getting the eurozone contracting in the second quarter, but look at the difference now between france and germany. germany is beginning to pull back but these two major economies right at the heart of the eurozone, the two biggest economies going in different directions, the rest of the eurozone falling and france arguably questionably going into a tail spin along with that. so let's work our way through the price action in response to that. yes, if you look at the minors because of what's happening with the feds and metals, you see the mining stocks are in negative territory. it's also time for a lot of europeans to book profits they've had. the french banks, for e
difference between the u.s. economy, which is okay, and the european economy which is contracting further. difference between a federal reserve that may step back from easing and other banks in europe that may have to go further in easing and difference between the eurozone as well itself. so the pmi data that carl refers to indicate that we're still getting the eurozone contracting in the second quarter, but look at the difference now between france and germany. germany is beginning to pull...
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the u.s. airways brands? a deal looks close for amr's american to take it over, become the number one brand. does consolidation mean airlines just got more attractive. >>> we start off with the retailers, january report card, macy's posting an 11.7% jump in same-store saturday and raising guidance. stellar results from some of the retailers. >> such a mixed picture. some guys -- kohl's, people decided their clearance is moving the stock up nicely. gap strong happens moved. consistently great job. people talking about urban outfitters doing a great job, doesn't seem like the stocks right now are moving the way you would think they would. i don't know how many people are counting on this particular month -- >> a short month, bleedover from the holidays. the rate of beats, 59% is the strongest since august, which was 86%, thanks to mkm partners. the number of them that have outpaced expectations is pretty big, relative to everything else. >> this is historically the one month i don't care about v
the u.s. airways brands? a deal looks close for amr's american to take it over, become the number one brand. does consolidation mean airlines just got more attractive. >>> we start off with the retailers, january report card, macy's posting an 11.7% jump in same-store saturday and raising guidance. stellar results from some of the retailers. >> such a mixed picture. some guys -- kohl's, people decided their clearance is moving the stock up nicely. gap strong happens moved....